Stroke by Stroke - Matt Doyle

Don’t you know the world is water?

You can’t just float on it

Can’t skim it

Afraid to swim it

No, you can’t just stay on land

Somehow, you gotta break that water

Kick and pull through it

You cross each length

With stride and strength

You pace the course

With even force

Your hand in front of hand

You go

Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke

You go

Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke

So meet me at the touch of water—

And take some laps with me

Some free, some test

With our back and breast

We’ll keep our style

Through the millionth mile

And when it’s more than we can stand

We’ll go

Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke

We’ll go

Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke

Let others walk around an ocean

Let others try to build a bridge across

But you and me, we fall in, fall in

Never sure we’ll survive

But we’ll find out how deep

Learn the secrets they keep

At the bottom where we arrive

Now, let’s jump

Let’s jump!

We’ll never know we’re alive

‘Till we jump, till we dive!!!

And we go

Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke!

Yeah, we go

Stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke by stroke

By stroke!

So meet me at the touch of water—

And take the swim with me…